{"product_id":"the-quiet-mind-finding-peace-amidst-sensory-overload-9781764688758","title":"The Quiet Mind: Finding Peace Amidst Sensory Overload","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Buch\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: David Buch\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: David Buch\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum Disorders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Quiet Mind is a practical, humane guide to neurodivergence, trauma, sensory overload and recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten from lived experience rather than clinical distance, this book gives language to the inner noise many neurodivergent adults have carried for years: the sensory pressure, the emotional exhaustion, the masking, the shutdowns, the meltdowns, the shame, and the strange grief of discovering late in life that the problem was never moral failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Buch writes as someone diagnosed later in life with autism, ADHD and complex post-traumatic stress, after decades of navigating high-pressure technical, legal and professional environments while privately managing a nervous system that was often overloaded, alert and misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Quiet Mind does not promise a cure, because neurodivergence is not a disease. Instead, it offers a practical map for understanding overload before it becomes collapse. It explores how sensory input, trauma, executive function, masking, social exhaustion, burnout and old shame interact inside the body, and how small, repeatable practices can help reduce unnecessary internal war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is written for neurodivergent adults, late-diagnosed readers, trauma survivors, partners, parents, friends, clinicians, teachers, managers and anyone trying to understand why ordinary life can sometimes feel unbearably loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, readers will find clear explanations and practical tools for: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erecognising sensory overload before it spills over;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eunderstanding the ADHD\/autism \"double engine\";\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edistinguishing preference from capacity;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereducing shame after meltdown or shutdown;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eusing the body as an early warning system;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecreating routines that support rather than punish;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecommunicating when flooded or wordless;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebuilding a personal quiet mind plan;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erecovering from burnout and masking;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eadvocating without turning every need into a battle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about becoming calm by force. It is a book about learning to notice earlier, reduce input sooner, recover with less shame, and design a life that fits the nervous system you actually have. The aim is not perfect calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe aim is less unnecessary war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Buch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892662812823,"sku":"9781764688758","price":2199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781764688758.webp?v=1781188071","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-quiet-mind-finding-peace-amidst-sensory-overload-9781764688758","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}